Drinks bring flavor to Bowl

By Nate Cross
Staff Writer

Are you looking for some drinks to help spice up your Super Bowl party? While you are watching the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens clash on the field you could be sipping on some exotic and themed drinks put together to help you feel like you're in Florida at the game.

Virgin Drinks

Aloha Fruit punch

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup Water
• 2 tsp Ginger root , chopped
• 2 cups Guava juice
• 1 1/2 tblsp Lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cup Pineapple, finely chopped
• 1 cup Sugar
• 3-4 cups Pineapple juice

Mixing instructions:

Add 1/4 cup water to ginger root. Boil 3 minutes. Strain. Add the liquid to the guava, lemon and pineapple juices. Make a syrup of sugar and remaining water. Cool. Combine with juices and pineapple. Chill throroughly.

Fruit and Sherbet Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 L Carbonated soft drink(such as ginger ale or 7-UP)
• 1 gal Fruit juice(different flavours)
• 2 pint Sherbet

Mixing instructions:

Just mix all the liquids together, and float the sherbert in the punch just before serving.

Pink Panther Shake

Ingredients:

• 5 dl Milk
• 1 dl Raspberry jam
• 3-4 scoops vanilla Ice-cream

Mixing instructions:

Place all ingredients in a blender. Mix until smooth

Drinks with Alcohol (to be consumed only by people 21 and over)

Baltimore Zoo

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Rum
• 1/2 oz Vodka
• 1/2 oz Gin
• 1 splash Sprite
• 1 splash Grenadine
• Lemon squeeze
• 1 shot Beer

Mixing instructions:

Add the liquors and grenadine. Mix. Strain. Add splash of Sprite. Add lemon squeeze. Drinker adds shot of beer.

Baltimore Bracer

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Brandy
• 1 oz Anisette
• 1 Egg white

Mixing instructions:

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

New York Lemonade

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Absolut Citron
• 1 oz Grand Marnier
• 2 oz Lemon juice, Sweetened
• 1 oz Club soda

Mixing instructions:

Serve in a chilled cocktail glass. Lemon and sugar the rim. Stir and Strain.

New York Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Blended whiskey
• Juice of 1/2 Lemon
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Red wine (Claret)
• 1/2 slice Lemon
• 1 Cherry

Mixing instructions:

Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Float claret on top. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon and the cherry and serve.

FROZEN MARGARITAS

Ingredients:

• 1 lime, cut in wedges
• coarse salt
• 1 can (6 oz) frozen lime concentrate
• 3/4 cup tequila
• 6 Tbsp Triple Sec
• 1 can lemon-lime or grapefruit soda
• 3 - 4 cups ice cubes
• lime slices for garnish

Mixing instructions:

Rub rim of glasses with lime wedges and swirl glass in salt to coat rim. Combine half of each of the remaining ingredients in blender container; process until ice is finely chopped and mixture is slushy. Pour into glasses. Repeat. Garnish with lime slices.

Variation: For strawberry margaritas, add fresh or frozen strawberries to blender.

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